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What is the craziest excuse you’ve ever used for calling out of work? No, this isn’t a game of Truth or Dare; it was a survey question posed by CareerBuilder and the results are quite comical! Employers have reported hearing excuses that range from downright absurd to painfully embarrassing. For example:
“Sometimes I want to throw in the towel at work. Employees are looking to me for leadership and sometimes I just want to quit.” As an HR leader, do thoughts similar to these ever cross your mind?
A thousand Instagram reels have been pointed at the differences between the various generations—a hello, fellow kids! vibe that’s easy to laugh at but hard to reconcile in the workplace. But as millennials and Gen Xers look to hire more members of Gen Z, the importance of understanding how to recruit members of the younger […]
Verified accounts of sexual harassment in the entertainment industry and political arena have spiraled out of control. Unfortunately, most of the accusations do not involve one-time events that can be chalked up to mistakes in judgment. Instead, employers and others in control took a head-in-the-sand approach, hoping the harassing behavior would magically go away on […]
LITIGATION VALUE: Nominal (but only because Michael’s party was a flop) Unfortunately for employers, what happens in Vegas does not always stay in Vegas. As a result, employers are increasingly faced with liability for their employees’ “booze-fueled sex romps,” as Michael so elegantly put it. Maybe it’s the exotic locale, or maybe it’s the free […]
Yesterday’s Advisor featured 10 tips for successful telecommunicating; today, the legal issues that challenge companies with telecommuters, again from attorneys Deanna Brinkerhoff and Cathleen Yonahara.
As someone who works in behavior change for a living, I would like to help you take a fresh approach that you may have not previously considered. If you’re in the middle of an HR fiasco now, don’t run out for a glass of wine just yet. Here are three challenges (or hard realities) you […]
Salary Increase Budget Surveys Most employers are working with 3 percent for merit, as shown by this chart taken from a recent WorldatWork survey, says Pasteris. (Pasteris, president of TLMP Consulting Group, offered her suggestions during a recent webinar sponsored by HRHero/BLR.) Actual 2010 Mean Median 2.5% 2.7% Actual 2011 Mean […]
We are an employer with fewer than 10 employees. Can a single employee elect an alternative work week? If she does, can she work weeks that look like this?: M-10, T-3, W-5, Th-8, F-4, Sa-10 First, the alternative work week rules apply to all California employers regardless of the size of the company, although there […]
A new law going into effect on September 1 in Alabama addresses discrimination in pay based on race or sex as well as questions about pay history.